On Wednesday, Fort Hood massacre suspect Major Nidal Malik Hasan, was charged with 32 additional counts of premeditated attempted murder on the lives of 30 members of the military and two civilian police officers.
These charges are in addition to the 13 counts of murder he has already been charged with in last month's shooting spree in Killeen, Texas.
The victims of the massacre included:
- Chief Warrant Officer Michael Grant Cahill (Ret.), 62;
- Maj. Libardo Eduardo Caraveo, 52;
- Army Staff Sgt. Justin DeCrow, 32;
- Capt. John Gaffaney, 56;
- Spc. Frederick Greene, 29;
- Spc. Jason Dean Hunt, 22;
- Sgt. Amy Krueger, 29;
- Pfc. Aaron Thomas Nemelka, 19;
- Pfc. Michael Pearson, 22;
- Capt. Russell Seager, 51
- Pvt. Francheska Velez, 21;
- Lt. Col. Juanita L. Warman, 55;
- Spc. Kham Xiong, 23
The two civilian police officers who are listed among the 32 charges of attempted murder are Sgt. Kim Munley and Sgt. Mark Todd, who were responsible for shooting and subduing Hasan. Munley was shot in both legs and one of her wrists.
The additional charges against Hasan came quickly on the heels of news that the military plans on giving Hasan a psychiatric exam within 45 days despite the protestations of his lawyer, John "JP" Galligan. According to Galligan, battalion commander of the 21st Air Calvary Brigade, Col. Morgan Lamb, denied his request to delay an exam.
"This is getting dirty," John Galligan declared. "These guys have made it clear that they're going for blood."
Corey Mitchell is a critically acclaimed Los Angeles Times best-selling author of several true crime books including Dead and Buried, Pure Murder and Hollywood Death Scenes. He is also the founder of the premiere true crime website, In Cold Blog, executive producer for a new true crime television series, and a former Hollywood crime expert and blogger for the Discovery Channel. He can be reached at truecrimewriter@aol.com.
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He deserves the death penalty. No excuses, no sympathy, no religious "stuff". He deserves to die right now
He deserves the death penalty. No excuses, no sympathy, no religious "stuff". He deserves to die right now
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